Card Cruises Past Cats – Stanford University Athletics

STANFORD, Calif. – No. 15 Stanford continued its perfect start to Pac-12 play on Friday afternoon, cruising past No. 44 Arizona, 7-0. The win pushes the Cardinal to 12-2 on the year and 5-0 in the conference.

The Cardinal shot out of the gates, earning 4-1 leads on all three doubles courts to start the match. Connie Ma and Valencia Xu were the first to finish, 6-1 winners on court three, followed closely by Sara Choy and Alexandra Yepifanova on court two, winning 6-2. 

Stanford quickly claimed five first set victories in singles, the only setback a tiebreak defeat on court one for Ma. No. 33 Alexandra Yepifanova closed out a 6-2, 6-0 on court three for the Cardinal’s second point before Xu won 6-1, 6-0 on court five. The clincher came from No. 84 Alexis Blokhina, sealing the fourth point 6-1, 6-4 on court four.

The Cardinal didn’t stop there, with Choy a 6-2, 6-3 winner on court six, No. 28 Angelica Blake a 6-1, 7-6(5) winner on court two, and the sweep completed by Ma, coming back for a 6-4 set in the second and a 10-6 tiebreak for the third.

Stanford rounds out the weekend on Saturday, hosting No. 26 Arizona State at 12 p.m.

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#15 Stanford 7, #44 Arizona 0
DOUBLES
1. #62 Angelica Blake/Alexis Blokhina (STAN) vs. Parker Fry/Kayla Wilkins (ARIZ) 4-3 DNF
2. Sara Choy/Alexandra Yepifanova (STAN) d. Reece Carter/Salma Ziouti (ARIZ) 6-2
3. Connie Ma/Valencia Xu (STAN) d. Midori Castillo/Belen Nevenhoven (ARIZ) 6-1
Order of Finish: 3, 2
 
SINGLES
1. #12 Connie Ma (STAN) vs. Reece Carter (ARIZ) 6-7(5), 6-4, 10-6
2. #28 Angelica Blake (STAN) d. Salma Ziouti (ARIZ) 6-1, 7-6(5)
3. #33 Alexandra Yepifanova (STAN) d. Midori Castillo (ARIZ) 6-2, 6-0
4. #84 Alexis Blokhina (STAN) vs. Lexi Ryngler (ARIZ) 6-1, 6-4
5. Valencia Xu (STAN) d. Kayla Wilkins (ARIZ) 6-1, 6-0
6. Sara Choy (STAN) vs. Parker Fry (ARIZ) 6-2, 6-3
Order of Finish: 3, 5, 4, 6, 2, 1